Combination ashtray and pipe cleaner



April 21, 1936. A. E. LEIBNER 2,038,370

COMBINATION ASHTRAY AND PIPE CLEANER Filed Oct s, 1933 INVENTOR w mywyaATTORN EY Patented Apr. 21, 1936 &038370 COMBINATIOl` %SHTRAY AND PIPEANER Albert E. Leibncr, Westfield, N. J.

Application October 16, 1933, Serial No. 693,881

, 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in smoker's articles and hasparticular reference to a combined smoking pipe cleaner and ashreceptacle.

The primary object of the invention resides in an article of the above'kind by which the bowl of a smoking pipe may be thoroughly cleaned aftereach use, and in which the ashes and unburned tobacco is deposited in areceptacle which prevents accidental spilling during the emptying orcleaning operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a smoker's article whichembodies a cup-like receptacle having a resilient tongue or blade whichis curved to fit the bowl of a pipe and is adjustable according to thethickness of the pipe bowl, the blade extending upwardly adjacent theside wall to a point slightly above the plane of the top of thereceptacle, and hearing against the wall of the bowl of a, pipe wheninverted and placed thereon so that rotation of the pipe will cause thetongue to loosen up the ashes and unburnt tobacco and scrape loose anytobacco bits or "cake" which may tend to adhere to the side or bottomwalls of the bowl.

Another object of the invention is to provide a smoker's article whichresembles an ash receptacle in appearance and which may be used for suchbut which also contains a novel pipe cleaning device.

A further object is the provision of a smoker's article of the abovekind which is simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture, easytooperate when cleaning a pipe, and which does not detract from thefurnishings of a room.

With these and other objects, the invention resides in a certain novelconstruction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essentialfeatures of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularlypointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:--

Fg. 1 is a perspective view of my improved s'moker's article.

Flg. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View therethrough showing asmoking pipe in position upon the scraping blade; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral lildesignates my improved smoker's article in its entirety which includes acup-shaped ash receptacle I l so as to be comparatively deep and whichhas a dome-shaped bottom or base l2.

Secured within the receptacle ll, by

means presently described, and with its upper extremity extendingslightly above the top of the receptacle is an upstan-ding resilientscraping blade, or tongue, l3, having a serrated or sawtoothed edge !4,a straight knife edge l5 and a 5 right angularly disposed bifurcatedbase portion !6, all for a purpose presently apparent. Preferably theblade !3 is curved transversely and at its upper extremity is alsoslightly curved longitud'nally, as at ll, to conform with the shape ofthe side and bottom of the bowl of a pipe.

The blade l3 is secured to the bottom |2 of the receptacle II by meansof a clamping plate IB, overlying said bifurcated portion !6 of saidblade, and a clamping screw |9 passing upwardly through the center ofthe bottom of said receptacle between the bifurcations of said portionl6 and through said plate IB. Exteriorly of the receptacle l I the screw!9 is provided with a knurled head ZI located in the space provided bythe dome 20 shape of the bottom l2.

Threaded through the side wall of the receptacle ll is a blade adjustingscrew 22 having a knurled head 23 at one end and its other end threadedinto the blade l3 slightly above the 25 bifurcated portion le of thelatter.

Secured to the side wall of the receptacle ll is a cushion of felt orthe like 24. The cushion may be removably secured in position by the useof any suitable fastening elements, such as glove fasteners 25 passingthrough apertures 26 in the receptacle ll.

In practice, assume that it is desired to remove the ashes and unburnedtobacco from the bowl of the pipe P. The bowl of the pipe is inverted orturned down over the receptacle l I and the same brought down onto theblade with the wall of the pipe bowl interposed between the blade 13 andthe cushion 24. The pipe may now be turned in a direction to cause thescraping edge l5 to engage the walls of the bowl which loosens thecharge, causing the same to drop into the receptacle. The curved end llconforms to the curved bottom of the bowl and thoroughly scrapes looseany particles which tend to lodge thereto, and which cannot be removedby any means other than scraping.

In time the bowl of a smoking pipe becomes filled with a cake" or carbonwhich adheres to the side Walls and which cannot be removed by thescraping edge !5. In such instance the pipe is applied to the blade |3in the manner already described, but the same is turned in a directionopposite to that described to cause the toothed edge l4 to loosen up the"cake" and scrape the side walls of the bowl free of the same. Ifdesired the pipe may be supported by the blade when not in use as shownin Figure 2 of the drawing. It might also be mentioned that the cushion24 prevents the walls of the receptacle from scratching the pipe bowlduring a cleaning operation and further acts to shine or po-lish theexterior of the bowl Without any extra eort.

Obviously by loosening the screw !9 and manipulating the screw 22, theblade l3 may be adjusted radially of the receptacle I l for pipe bowlsof dierent thicknesses. By means of the screw 22 the blade |3 may beflexed, in its clamped position, to slant said blade, if desired, forcertain shapes of pipe bowls and to cause the extremity IT to bitedeeper into the bottom of the bowl.

To enable the user to firmly grip the ash receptacle ll, I provide thebase end of the same with outwardly bulged side walls 21 about which thefingers may be Conveniently placed. g While I have described which Ideem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obviousthat many of the details may be varied without in any way departing fromthe spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to theexact details of Construction herein set forth nor to anything less thanthe whole of my invention limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A pipe cleaning device comprising a receptacle adapted to rest stableon its bottom, an upstanding blade within said receptacle andsubstantially parallel with the inner wall of the same and adjustablysecured to the bottom thereof so that it may be moved radially relativeto the receptacle, a screw extending horizontally thru the side wall ofthe receptacle from a point exterior thereto and manually rotatable androtatably engaged with said blade and adapted to adjust the latterradially of the receptacle and to cant the blade when the latter isclamped, and means extending thru the bottom of the receptacle forclamping the blade in adjusted position.

2. In a smokefs article of the class described, a receptacle, anupstanding resilient scraping blade therein having normally a Verticalposition and bodily adjustable toward or from the site of thereceptacle, and manually manipulative means for adjusting said blade andoperative also to slant said blade from vertical position.

ALBERT E. LEIBNER.

